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A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
-The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.
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Environmental groups use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to warn about Enbridge Line 5
-The massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsA guide to the federal review of the Line 5 tunnel
-The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsFederal agency finds Great Lakes tunnel project poses ‘detrimental’ effects to water, wetlands
-The Army Corps says Line 5 project would pose short-term effects to surface water, as well as permanent wetland loss.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioAfter six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal
-More energy news as states sue over Trump’s wind energy freeze and a Bezos-backed startup picks Indiana for its first EV plant.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsArmy Corps to fast track review of Line 5 tunnel project
-The federal review of the Line 5 tunnel project will be sped up through new emergency procedures under an executive order from President Donald Trump.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesTribal Governments and First NationsWisconsinJudge orders segment of Enbridge’s Line 5 shut down and moved off of Native American land
-A federal judge ordered a segment of Line 5 to be moved within three years. Enbridge said it will appeal.
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CollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWith lawsuits stalled in Michigan, Nessel seeks Line 5 shutdown in Wisconsin
-The attorney general on Wednesday filed a brief in Wisconsin federal court supporting a Native American tribe’s effort to shut down the Line 5 pipeline over fears of a rupture into a river that runs through tribal land.
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CollaborationDetroitEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEnbridge Line 5 tunnel project in Michigan delayed another 1.5 years
-Permitting delays have tacked on another year-and-a-half to the planned Line 5 tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac.
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CollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesCourt: Nessel can try again to return Line 5 lawsuit to state court
-Legal experts say Michigan has a better chance of persuading a state court to shut down the pipeline, while Enbridge is more likely to prevail in federal court.
